What does everyone do when they hatch a chick who's intestines are still sticking out of its belly when it hatches? I had a blrw chick pip on the wrong end. I watched it for the last 36 hours and it never pipped. I took it out and started to help it. All the blood was receded and I sprayed it with warm water (keep a spray bottle in cabinet bator so water is same temp as the air) due to it being stuck to the membrane where I broke shell away. I'm assuming that since it pipped on the wrong end it wasn't able to turn to zip. After I broke off the cap and it finally popped out about 10 mins later. It had a prolapse out of its belly button and it wasn't yolk.

I tried to apply a "bandaid" with gauze and vet wrap but it wouldn't stay since I didn't want to cover up the vent. The last one I had do this the other chicks started to peck it so I culled the chick. I'm thinking I will be culling this chick too, but curious if others have had luck with it fixing itself.

I've yet to find a dealer selling it yet. Id love to read the bag and actually see what is in it that prevent mites. I can't find anything on their website.

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I have it in the basement.... I'll go look. I keep meaning to do it anyway. Are you looking for the link to the coupon? Or the ingredients? I bet all ingredients aren't listed since its a newly patentened blend of something or other....

Brad - I found the ingredients. Lots of grain, vitamins, probiotics, fermented stuff. The only thing that stuck out was yucca schidigera extract. I googled that and it is used for pest control on animals and is also approved for human consumption .... so my eggs aren't poisoned. Yay. I think it's usually used topically like in shampoos so I'm interested to see what effect if any it has on my roo.

I'm trying to rehome a mixed Easter Egger rooster. He is aggressive to my HRIR and I can't have that. He is sweet to people though.
If anyone is interested please PM me and ignore the rehoming fee on CL.

What is the best way to clean a styro bater? I had just been wiping down and air drying but I did not know if there was a better way.

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Add a teaspoon of bleach to the water. It will sterilize it. Be sure to air dry it for a day or so, leaving no trace of bleach smell.

I would need a clearer picture to confirm this, but it looks like the lemon cuckoo/lavender mix has pointed saddle feathers, which means no doubt that he's a boy. The lavender Orpington looks like a cockerel as well, but the other two are pullets.

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The lavender orp has been really slow with the feathers coming in -- it's still really hard to tell just what it is yet. Here are a couple of other pics -- sorry, still not the greatest quality. Does the body shape indicate anything? I'm not seeing the type of feathers our adult roo has at all and this one's body is shaped just like our pullets. I forget when our roos started practicing their crows -- wouldn't that have happened by 14 weeks? (Can you tell I'm really hoping this is a pullet?!)

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I zoomed one of the pictures in. See the shiny / pointy saddle feathers here? I think this is a boy.

I have roosters that are almost 6 months old and only 1 of them is crowing and not very often.

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How old are they typically when they start to crow?

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That depends on the breed and the number of rival roosters. My Easter-egger bantam boy started crowing at 21 days old. Yes, days. On the other hand, another Easter-egger boy I have was in a pen with a more dominant rooster and I don't think he ever crowed until he was easily 5 months old. I have heard of some of the slower-maturing breeds waiting until 9 months or later as well.

What does everyone do when they hatch a chick who's intestines are still sticking out of its belly when it hatches? I had a blrw chick pip on the wrong end. I watched it for the last 36 hours and it never pipped. I took it out and started to help it. All the blood was receded and I sprayed it with warm water (keep a spray bottle in cabinet bator so water is same temp as the air) due to it being stuck to the membrane where I broke shell away. I'm assuming that since it pipped on the wrong end it wasn't able to turn to zip. After I broke off the cap and it finally popped out about 10 mins later. It had a prolapse out of its belly button and it wasn't yolk.

I tried to apply a "bandaid" with gauze and vet wrap but it wouldn't stay since I didn't want to cover up the vent. The last one I had do this the other chicks started to peck it so I culled the chick. I'm thinking I will be culling this chick too, but curious if others have had luck with it fixing itself.

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About the chick, if left alone in a bater with food and high humidity there is a chance that the stuff will gradually go back in. I have had one make it and about 4 not. Now I don't deal with it, too much of a hassle unless it is a special chick.

I had heard marigold was in the molt food. I don't know. I increase the protein and wait it out or sell the hens as molting hen that will lay in a month. for the bugs I spray down the coop and such with seven and provide lots of dirt to make dusting areas.

As for the poultry press paper it is popular on the HRIR breed thread. I have not ordered it yet.

About the chick, if left alone in a bater with food and high humidity there is a chance that the stuff will gradually go back in. I have had one make it and about 4 not. Now I don't deal with it, too much of a hassle unless it is a special chick.

I had heard marigold was in the molt food. I don't know. I increase the protein and wait it out or sell the hens as molting hen that will lay in a month. for the bugs I spray down the coop and such with seven and provide lots of dirt to make dusting areas.

As for the poultry press paper it is popular on the HRIR breed thread. I have not ordered it yet.

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naturewise puts marigold extract in several maybe all of their feeds, but that's more to color the yolk. I'm pretty sure it's the yucca extract that is suppose to have an effect on the mites.

hello everyone! my coop came today, it's all assembled ready to go, I decided to put the girls in it as a brooder, they were quickly outgrowing my cabinet brooder I made, they are flapping around trying to fly it's cute, their wings are feathered, and tails are starting also, they are loving being outside during the day, they don't seem to miss a heat lamp, but I still have it on at night as is getting down in the 40s, do they have to be fully feathered to be outside in the run and no lamp I believe I read that but some places have a different take on it.